#Orangutans

[thatsbelievable]

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[lavendercountry]

I've recently noticed an increase in well-meaning people sharing unethical primate memes.

Unfortunately, the primates in these memes were either taken directly from their habitat to be sold or their parents are breeders that were themselves taken from the wild.

Worse yet, when baby primates are taken from the wild often times their older relatives are poached and sold for meat.

This all contributes to the reason why the majority of primates are endangered.

Let's all do our part by thinking before sharing!

Please feel free to share without credit ☺️

#monkey #monkeys #apes #chimps #orangutans #animal rights #macaques #monke #gorillas #infographic #important #primates #meme #reaction image #memes #chimpanzee

[grickle14]

The Business Orangutans were stumped as to why sales were down.

#grickledoodle #orangutans #business #cartoon #art #drawing #humor

[honeytoasts]

little drawing of beni from orangutan jungle school that never ended up being used for anything!

#orangutan jungle school #orangutans #primates

[bignosebaby]

You know her

This little ape is pretty iconic on tumblr, having a niche popularity as a meme from the "and me" post that is around ten years old! That's a long time for this mysterious (and cute) face to circulate.

I get a decent amount of people both in real life and online asking me about her, which makes sense because as a big advocate for primate welfare I can tell you the golden rule is primates are not pets and should not be kept in domestic human contexts. People attuned to the inherent cruelty of keeping primates as pets and raising apes like human children are wary of images like this, because that is exactly what it looks like.

Good news! This baby (as with all babies with Silver Tree Nursery watermarks) is completely fine. Because she's a doll.

Many people know about reborn dolls-- The hyper-realistic baby dolls that look and feel like the real thing-- but not everyone knows that there are also ape reborn dolls. Silver Tree Nursery is a (now defunct) Facebook page for an artist named Gemma who painted and customized reborn dolls and specialized in apes. The artist behind this doll has done several orangutans as well as some gorillas and chimps. While the iconic "and me" model above is a little too cutesy to be perfectly realistic, some of her work is so realistic that it would fool me (if not for the handy watermark). Here are some more shots of this doll:

And some of the other apes she has done:

I'm not the first person to post this-- while searching for more pictures I found this tumblr post which seems to have been the big reveal for most people that these are dolls. However, I thought I would tackle 2 follow up questions:

Are these dolls ethical?

Well, yeah. Some might ask if these dolls encourage the idea that this is an acceptable way to treat primates, but personally I think that the very small community of primate doll enthusiasts is a non-issue especially when you consider the impact of social media accounts that promote actual primates being kept as pets and treated like babies. Frankly if you want to snuggle a baby ape this would be the only way to do it (short of working as a surrogate caretaker for orphaned wildlife) without seriously contravening the endangered species act. Still, being vigilant against primate exploitation content is important, so:

How can you tell the difference between super realistic dolls and real primates?

In this case it was as easy as following the watermark. Googling Silver Tree Nursery brings up the Facebook page of the artist who makes the dolls. In general, sourcing is everything. If you know where an image comes from you can determine what the larger context is and whether what is happening is good. Here's an example:

Is this a reborn doll or a real baby? The framing makes it look very similar to the Silver Tree dolls with the stuffed animal and baby blanket, but if you were to reverse Google image search the picture you would find out that this is Yakini, a gorilla from the Werribee Zoo when he was a baby in 1999. Reverse searching is your friend, and it only takes a minute.

#apes #great apes #and me #memes #orangutans #baby orangutan #primates #reborn dolls #monkey #images described in alt text

[antiqueanimals]

Brehm's Tierleben. Written by Alfred Brehm. Illustration by Gustav Mützel. 1922 edition.

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#mammals #primates #great apes #orangutans #monkeys #gibbons #Gustav Mützel

[jasvvy]

#orangutan #orangutans #primates

[is-the-primate-vid-cute]

Okay but in silly regards to clothes for apes, consider cloaks and capes for apes

Well have I got good news for you! Apes already wear cloaks and capes of their own design:

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This isn’t much of a practice in the wild since apes live in hot climates and have fur, but in captivity in places where chilly weather happens, cloaks and capes are the fashion statement of choice for the ape venturing out in the cold!

#mod J #primate behavior #great apes #gorillas #chimpanzees #chimps #orangutans

[pratchettquotes]

The Librarian of Unseen University had unilaterally decided to aid comprehension by producing an Orangutan/Human Dictionary. He'd been working on it for three months.

It wasn't easy. He'd got as far as "Oook."

He was down in the Stacks, where it was cool.

And suddenly someone was singing.

He took the pen out of his foot and listened.

A human would have decided they couldn't believe their ears. Orangs are more sensible. If you won't believe your own ears, whose ears will you believe?

Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

#the librarian #men at arms #discworld #terry pratchett #orangutans #wizards #unseen university #magic #libraries #belief #facts #oook #orangutan/human dictionary #whose ears will you believe

[manicpixiedreamjew]

lucky pics I got of joesie and her 4 month old nanas 😭❤️

#save #orangutans

[elea-mar]

#orangutans #borneo

[apes-like-us]

"The tropical rainforest is the most complex thing an ordinary human can experience on this planet. A walk in the rainforest is a walk into the mind of God." -Birute Gladikas

Image Description: Two square photos, one of a baby orangutan with a leaf on its head and the other of a tropical rainforest with a quote from Birute Gladikas. Both photos are watermarked with the Apes Like Us logo.

Photo ©GEllis/GLOBIO

#orangutan #orangutans #apes #primates #great apes #birute gladikas #science #religion #anthropology #primatology #biology #forest #animals #we love this quote:)

[teritelnirbenothing]

“The aim is to return orangutans to their natural habitat in good condition – in good health and with the characteristics and behaviour of wild orangutans. Returning an animal to this condition is a long process and certainly isn’t easy.  Human beings should not keep orangutans imprisoned in cages. It is done entirely out of selfishness. They must be allowed to live freely to maintain the balance in nature,” he explained

#borneo #orangutans #returned to the wild

[tromboneboy]

#orangutans #such guys

[bignosebaby]

Hi! Can you explain how to tell the difference between the different types of orangutans? 🦧

Absolutely! The three species can be hard to tell apart, but there are small differences which distinguish them. Here's a comparative photo of adult males from each species from NE Primate Conservancy:

The first in this picture is the Bornean orangutan, and (at least in my opinion) this species looks the strangest, at least in terms of the fully developed adult males. The secondary sex characteristics such as the throat sac and flanges are typically very pronounced in this species whereas I find the Sumatran orangutans to be more subtle and less lumpy. Here's another Bornean male:

This species has the largest flanges, which tend to angle inwards towards the face. Their fur is also predominantly dark brown and burnt orange-- the darkest in colour of the three species.

The second photo in the comparative photo is a Sumatran orangutan. They have longer facial and body hair than their Bornean counterparts, and the flanged male face shape is more round. Chester Zoo (one of the only zoos in the world that houses breeding groups of more than one orangutan species) describes the flanges of Sumatran orangutans as being more slender compared to the fatty flange of the Bornean orangutan.

The third is the Tapanuli orangutan, the rarest and most recently discovered. Their fur is frizzier and thicker than the other species which is probably the easiest difference to observe if you're looking for yourself. Check out the bed head (and body) on this female Tapanuli orangutan:

Their fur is also the lightest in colour. Where the Bornean orangutan is dark brown and burnt orange, the Tapanuli orangutan is true orange with blond highlights .

Flanged males also have flatter cheek pads in this species. If the cheek pads are parallel with the rest of the face or tilt slightly outwards it's more likely to be a Tapanuli than either of the others, as flanged male Bornean and Sumatran orangutans sometimes have flange that angle inwards.

So basically:

Bornean orangutans: Dark fur, fat flange

Sumatran orangutans: Long orange fur, slender flange

Tapanuli orangutans: Frizzy orange fur with highlights, flat flange.

If you still can't tell the difference between the species, that is normal! Despite the three being distinct species rather than subspecies, most of their differences are in hard to see aspects like bone shape and size or downright invisible aspects such as genetic markers. Chester Zoo (cited above) even mentions that the differences between individuals are easier to spot than differences between the species. The important thing is that regardless of species, you looked at a wonderful orangutan.

#apes #great apes #orangutans #spot the difference #primates #ape facts #wildlife #conservation #animal facts #animals #info #asks

[antiqueanimals]

My Animal Book. Written and illustrated by Yevgeny Charushin. 1971.

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#primates #apes #orangutans #Yevgeny Charushin